This is a song that I wrote and played live in the 90s acoustically.  I wanted Mark to hear it and I sent one acoustic guitar track and one vocal track.  He sent back this electric arrangement.  I think it's the way I always heard it even when we were playing acoustically.   We wanted a keyboard and I had just heard one of Tim Smith's(Starise) tunes and asked him for some keyboard help.  He agreed and here's how it ended up.  We appreciate his collab and enjoyed working with him.  We are open to all comments.  TIA for listening.So, here is;
https://app.box.com/s/gm4wztblwq1bya7mh5ckx6pgwjofsjlk WARP SPEED (iwanna)
 
Tim Smith(Starise)- Keyboards
Mark Cline- Drums, guitars (lead and rhythm), arrangement
Warren Willingham- Bass, Vocals

Cool tune, and very well done.  Drums and bass really set up a nice groove for the keys and guitar to play around.  Really liked it!

oh yea,
nice boogie,
a little shuffle goin on,
i like the bridges, takes you on a bit of a side journey....
i think the 'key modulation' is a bit abrupt...
 
if you were going to re-arrange it,
what i'd do, is take that bridge, with the backup vocals,
and just hit that first note of the bridge with the vox, and hold that one note for about a whole measure,
let it die out, and then immediately hit that key modulation 
 
you could 'creatively' do this with editing, without re-tracking anything,
you'd just have to open up a measure right before the modulation,
cut and paste a section from the bridge, apply some creative envelopes and use a long delay and reverb on the tail of the cut and paste to do the 'tie-over' into the key modulation..
 
i mean, we put a man on the moon in 1969, surely we can do some micro edits!!!
 
LOL
 
anyway, i dig this tune.
 

Well done ! I like everything about this, and all the parts are distinguishable and sitting in their spot. Thumbs up!!

Phil-Thanks for listening and the kind comments.  We appreciate it.
 
Rob- I'm reading this over and over and am trying to visualize exactly how that would sound.  Just now, it clicked about halfway.  Of course Mark would have to do it since he has the whole project.  I'll keep reading.  Thanks for taking the time to listen and make these suggestions.  All we are doing is waiting to shine. 
 
teego- We appreciate you taking the time to listen and comment.  Thanks!

warren
 
 
well, i'm just talking out loud here.......!
and there's nothing wrong with it as is,
i just put on my producer hat for a moment,
and it takes over my body!
LOL
 
i have made arrangement changes on several of my tunes,
AFTER i swore that i had it down, and was fully committed..
the more i 'change' things after that point,
the braver i get with making arrangement changes, even adding in entire sections that never existed in the song before,
after i had finished the project.
 
one of the beauties of working in DAW, is being able to do stuff like that......
no different than cutting tape back in the all analog days.....
think what the floyd did with some of their songs?!@\###
 
anyway,
just floating ideas
 

I really appreciate that, Rob.  You are one of my musical heroes and your ideas are stellar, imho.  I never have a problem with suggestions like this.  Keep 'em coming.  I don't know if I have the skills to do it, but I'll sure as heck try!  Loves dem Floyd boys!  BTW, I'd like a picture with that "Hat body".  LOL

Cool blues Warren - Good shout on the keys, it adds a nice extra dimension to the mix. For me personally I would liked to have heard the vocals a little more 'up front' for just a hair of extra vibe, but that's just me ;)
 
Chris - SquareSpiral
 
 

Like it!!.   Very cool.....
 
It does sound like everything is mono though.   The impression is that there is no clear separation or space for the keys and guitar.  Some more panning would bring more clarity to those parts.
 
Might also add a modulator to the BGV to make them pop out a little more.  Nicely done though.

Regards

Really nice job, Warren. Enjoyed it very much.